Russian arms more lucrative since Syrian crisis

The marketability of Russian military hardware has been given a boost because of their performance in the Syrian theater of operations, said a military expert attending the Lima 2017 Maritime and Aerospace show in Peru.

Russia has since September 2015 deployed such advanced weaponry as the SU-34, SU-30SM and SU-5S fighter jets and bombers, Tu-22M3, Tu-160 and Tu-95MS strategic bombers, and the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier used to launch the MiG-29 fighters to battle Islamic extremist forces in Syria.

Russia has also boosted its defensive capabilities in Syria and the Mediterranean by deploying the missile cruiser Moskva stationed near the Latakia coastline – used to boost air defenses – and by deploying S-400 anti-aircraft missile defense systems at its bases in Syria.

Its air defense capabilities are equal to that of the S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile system.

Mikhail Petukhov, the deputy CEO of Russia’s federal service for military-technical cooperation, said that after Russian naval ships successfully completed their objectives in the anti-ISIL operation in Syria, interest in Russian military hardware spiked, according to statements made to the Russian news agency TASS.

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